MITH Special Events

MITH runs special events including lectures, symposiums, and conferences.

• MITH will host the prestigious international Digital Humanities 2009 conference in June 2009. Watch this space and the main MITH news page for further details.

 

• On May 2-3, 2008, MITH and the Department of English will be organizing a multi-day symposium on the Digital Humanities and African American/African Diaspora Studies. Watch this space and the main MITH page for news and further details.

 

• In May 2007, MITH and the Electronic Literature Organization sponsored a symposium on the Future of Electronic Literature with an international array of speakers and attendees and keynotes by Kenneth Thibodeau (National Archives) and N. Katherine Hayles (UCLA). The symposium was preceded by an Open Mic and Mouse featuring readings and performances of creative work the evening before.

 

• In April 2007, MITH and the National Endowment for the Humanities co-sponsored a summit meeting of Directors of Digital Humanities Centers in downtown Washington DC. Keynote speakers included John Unsworth (UIUC) and Vint Cerf (Google). This event led directly to founding centerNet.

 

• In April and May 2006, MITH partnered with the English department to co-sponsor the English department's annual Petrou Lecture Series with the theme of "New Media Storytelling." Our guests were writer, illustrator, and artist Shelley Jackson (author of Patchwork Girl and Skin, among many other works), and internationally famous comics artist Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and many works of comics art.

Photo by Rob Kendall